A/N This is a new one, it's my same OC Sarah and the Shield but it's very Alternate Universe. .
This world has existed for so long, it was normal now, living day-to-day with her. She had been given to him at the start of all this, she was just nine years old he had been nineteen. It was the day after he came back from basic training, he had grown up with her, he loved her so much and he had been so happy to see her. But instead of a happy reunion there was only chaos, her parents -dieing- begged him to look after her. He of course accepted and the next morning they left for safer lands.
She doesn't remember much from the time before, just memories of him, none about her parents. She'll ademently say she only ever cared about him, that's why she only remembered him. He figures it's her way of coping, his own was none better. He had a nasty habit when it came to meeting newcomers on the trail. She never saw it but she probably figured it out, he felt horrible after, but the thought of her in danger drove him over the edge.
She only smiled when he came back from a 'hunt' a fire ready, his knives all cleaned and organized. Her eyes glinting in the dark, large and brown. And she would release her dark hair from it's braid and lay her head on his tatooed arm.
He remembered how afraid he was at first, and how fearless she still was. He was fearful of so many things; Sarah dieing, him dieing, no food, even the thought of the young girl maturing rendered him depressed. The first few years they encountered a great many desperate people, unprepared, untrained and afraid. After the fifth year sightings of other human life was scarce, maybe 3 encounters a month if even.
She would often comment on how grey the world seemed now, the virus stripping things not just of life but of pigmentation, too. He said it was her mind was fucking with her, she was seventeen now, eight years of this apocalypse and she was still sarcasstic and snarky. But he had began to grow leary of her, the mind of a teenager, no matter the situation, was still hormonal.
The brunette would often stare at him, eyes half lidded, trying to entice him. When she pressed against him at night he knew it wasn't from the cold. And oh God she felt wonderful, but he resisted still, his mission was to protect her. He promised her parents, his surrougates, the only family he had ever known. And she was his responsibility.
"Ever wondered if you boil water and salt with a rock if you'll get like rock soup or something?" She mused as they star gazed.
"You already tried that." He sighed. "It didn't work."
"Hmm." She hummed. "Maybe if I use olive oil or paprika or something."
"Have fun with that." He closed his eyes, wanting silence so he can rest.
"Come on, Roman!" She cried, moving to lay over him. "Indulge me." She whispered the last part, taughting him.
The large man was gonna respond when his head shot up, as did Sarah's. There was someone out there. The loud twigg snap, followed by a low curse. These guys were idiots, no not idiots, idiots didn't survive this long. Who ever was out there wanted them to hear them, hoping for pity maybe. Roman had none.
"Hey calm down." A voice rang out, a man walked out, he was tan with half of his hair blonde. Oh Hell no, Roman thought, A man was not gonna come up here and expect something from Sarah. "We just wanna trade supplies."
"She's not for sale." Roman said dismissively, his hand finding the knife, Sarah was already on her feet ready to fight.
"What?" It was a new voice, this man was pale with wild auburn hair. "No man! We just want some leather, we'll give you some bandages for them."
"Leave." Roman growled he was on his feet now advancing, an arm wrapped around his middle.
"Wait!" Sarah said. "We need bandages, and we know where to get some leather real quick."
"We could still get bandages if we do this my way." He growled lowly, the two strangers didn't back down.
Sarah didn't respond right away, but Roman could see the look in her eyes, she was eyeing this two mystery men. Sizing them up, both were extremely attractive and muscular, perfect mating options.
"What are you're names?" She asked them, voice almost coy.
"I'm Dean and that's Seth." The man with blue eyes and pale skin said. "Are we willing to discuss a trade?"
"Yes." Roman glared at her, but he didn't want to start a fight so close to their camp fire, she could get hurt.
"Fine." He snorted, turning slightly to grab his pack.
"We appreciate that you and your mate were kind enough to talk with us." Seth said, eyes cutting to Sarah. The response was immidiate and unanomious.
"We're not mates." She glared at her companion, 'not for my lack of trying' went unsaid but not uninffered.
"Oh." Dean said glancing at his friend, before resting them on Sarah. "That's unexpected, most pairs we come across are mated."
"You often cross others?" Sarah's voice was light and curious, if there were other humans out there she wanted to know.
"Probably a couple dozen in the last two months." Seth was closer to her and reaching his hand out towards her, thats all Roman saw and that was all he needed to attack. The large man charged the other and landed a spear, the bandages Seth had been holding to give Sarah flew in all kinds of directions.
Dean was on Roman faster than expected, with the assistance of Sarah they managed to drag Roman off of the bi-colored man. Seth had kept Roman's hands at bay long enough to get free, Sarah swung around to pin her knees into her companions shoulders, successfully holding the man down.
"The fuck is wrong with you?!" Sarah raged, smashing her open palm into the side of his head. This got a reaction out of him, in the fact he growled lowly and threw her off of him. She landed easily a few feet away, on her feet in an instant. "Calm down before I slash your neck and let you pass out."
Seth and Dean looked hesitant, not sure if they should stay or leave. On one hand this Roman guy wasn't exactly trustworthy, on the other they couldn't in good concience leave Sarah alone with him. If it had been anyone else maybe, but this was the first unmated female they had seen in years, they couldn't pass up this opportunity, didn't hurt she wasn't bad to look at. The pros outwieghed the cons, so they decided to stay.
It took several minutes for Roman to calm down, Sarah sat infront of him and rubbed his neck, speaking low words that even the heighten senses possesed by all in the New World couldn't detect. When his breathing returned to normal Sarah stood, giving them and apologetic look before picking up the discarded bandages.
"If you're still up for a trade," She began slowly. "We can meet tomorrow in the abandoned town, there's a good little spot we'll get that leather for you."
"We'll trade with you," Dean spoke lowly, not taking his eyes off the still sitting Roman, he stood infront of his companion. "But only you. Leave him at camp."
"No." Roman growled. "She's my responsibilty, I won't let her go alone." He stood now but made no threatening movements to the two men, instead he moved to stand beside the young woman.
"We'll meet up and I'll make sure he stays a safe distance." Sarah said, ignoring the huff from Roman. "I don't want you guys killed anymore than you do." She smirked now, Seth gave her a grin and Dean licked his lips. None of this escaped Roman's notice and he hated it.
"It's a deal," Seth was still grinning and moved forward-slowly- to shake her hand. When that was done he turned his face to the sky. "Well it's late, we'll meet you at the old town hall at noon tommorrow."
Dean didn't say much just nodded and gave her a slightly manic smile, Sarah didn't mind, Roman did. After the men left Roman stood sentile for alittle less than an hour before Sarah finally called him to lay down with her. Her head returned to lay on his muscular arm and his free arm wrapped around her middle. She knew he would lecture her in the morning about making deals with strange, attractive men but she could always charm her way out of the speech. With a final yawn she feel asleep, dreaming of the two mysterious men and her Roman.
A/N Was really excited for this, watched a whole crap load of apocolypse movies (Warm Bodies, This is the End, 28 Days Later) hope you enjoyed this.